While viewers may miss being able to see their favorite Colbert and Daily Show clips on YouTube, YouTube isn’t suffering from the breakup either, showing a 14 percent gain in traffic itself since Viacom’s departure. While Viacom’s increases may not be all that — without discrete viewer numbers, it’s hard to tell if “percentage” increases are significant or not — if the company aggressively moves to put more content online viewers are the winners.

With an aggressive strategy to pursue smaller content producers, maybe YouTube will become more of a place to find undiscovered talent — the next Colbert — rather than repeated clips of the current favs.